Bush found clueless as regards 9/11

[Gerry Storm]

Frances,
The question no one is asking (so far) is why were all the highest ups out
of town that morning? Coincedence? Did they have a date from some foreign
intelligence tip? Just playing it safe? Porque?

BTW there is a lengthy article on your guru Martha in the March 22 New
Yorker. And a really funny R. Crumb comic strip. Didn't realize he has been
in the south of France for a 13 years, near Gilbert no doubt. He did one
last year about he and his wife Aline attending a high fashion show in NYC,
hilarious. Sometimes you get a New Yorker so full of good stuff you don't
find it all for a week.
G

----- Original Message -----
From: Frances Morey <frances_morey@excite.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Bush found clueless as regards 9/11


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> I recall hearing a report about a possible terrorist attack on NPR a few
weeks before 9-11. The word was out there, the administration chose not to
know about it. I 'm still alarmed that Bush would continue his elementary
school visit for thirty minutes after he heard about the crash. What was he
thinking?
> Frances
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>  --- On Wed 03/24, Wayne Johnson < cadaobh@shentel.net > wrote:
> From: Wayne Johnson [mailto: cadaobh@shentel.net]
> To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:25:18 -0500
> Subject: Re: Bush found blameless as regards 9/11
>
> Phaw.  Apparently Condy Rice was told there was terrorist trouble afoot
by<br>Clarke and others.  Personally, I believe Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld
triumvirate<br>would have happily sat on their collective ass while innocent
Americans died<br>horribly just so they could then declare a "mandate" for
increased<br>Federal/Executive powers.  Let us not be naive about how these
people<br>operate.  Nothing, but nothing is too immoral or unethical to be
beneath<br>these guys and their corporate backers.  What is the cost?  A few
thousand<br>lives?  Who gives a shit when there are billions to be
made?<br><br>Take a look back at good ole Herman Kahn and Thinking about the
Unthinkable<br>for a good insight into how the US military would view
"acceptable<br>casualties".  Something on the order of the entire population
of New York<br>City or the state of Missouri would be ok, that is
"survivable".  Definitely<br>worth the risk.<br><br>All the projected
horrors of Reaganism are beginning to coalesce and come<br>true, witness the
latest Executive grab for complete "evesdropping"<br>capability on the
InterNet.  Or the gradual "decisions" to, get this, remove<br>or
de-emphasize "reading" from many public schools curricula.  What
does<br>this say for Democracy and the American Way.  Sieg Heil, mein
Glorious<br>Leader of the Fatherland!<br><br>Trivia question:  Where does
the phrase "Ford knows" come from?<br><br>wj<br>----- Original Message -----
<br>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com><br>To:
<austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>; <byronmarshall2001@yahoo.com><br>Sent:
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:56 AM<br>Subject: Bush found blameless as
regards 9/11<br><br><br>> I read in the autobiography of a Russian
literature professor from Harvard<br>> who worked in the Reagan White House
that everyone continually plays<br>> turf wars there and no new policy is
easily implemented. Usually<br>initiatives<br>> just bog down and disappear
into a black hole.<br>><br>> Listening to the testimony of Albright, Cohen,
Rumsfeld, Powell,<br>> I found the continuity of nothing much getting done
from administration<br>> to administration about Osama not surprising, not
surprising at all.<br>><br>> So that blame of Bush for dereliction of duty
before 9/11 is misplaced.<br>><br>> It was peace time. The military was
asleep and the CIA & FBI were<br>> feuding as usual. How is that Bush's
fault? Nothing he could have done<br>> about it.<br>><br>> Now as for Iraq,
that's a different story. As we have learnt from various<br>> insiders now
on the outside, the Bushies were bent on invading Iraq<br>> as soon as
excuse could be invented.<br>><br>><br>><br><br><br><br>
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